Show COAL PRODUCT OFWORLD u S Geological Survey Gives Fig urea us to Output Washington Oct jOThe United Slate geological survey estimates the worlds production of coal in 1901 at SCG61IO short tons The three great I conlproduclnrr countries of the world arc ihc United Stales Great Britain and Germany Austrollungary conies fourth France fifth Belgium sixth and Russia seventh The last country notwithstanding < not-withstanding ItB vast area produces only about G per cent as much coal as the United States Prior to ISO Great Britain led among the worlds coal producers but durinG 1S99 1000 and 1001 the United Staten has made such remarkable increases In coal production due principally to the unprecedented un-precedented activity In the Iron and steel and In other metal trades that It now stands far In the lead of all competitors com-petitors with a production in 1001 exceed ex-ceed Ing that of Great Britain by 17965 02B short tonrr or J9 pur cent UI to the close of 1000 the coal production pro-duction of Great Britain and her colonies col-onies taken together still exceeded that of tho United Staten the excess In 1DOO being 33CSS2o short tons but the enormous output of the coal mines of this country last year exceeded by about 2C000OflO abort tons the entire output of Great Britain and Her de pendenclci Including India and the Transvaal Of the output In 1001 the United States produced 318G per cent Great Britain and her dependencies produced 30Si > per cent and Germany 1IM2 percent per-cent or combined 8411 per cent of the total production |